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App usage soars as smartphones take hold
Global app usage soared in 2015 as a growing base of smartphone users found new ways to use their devices.
05 January 2016
Kim Kardashian, sisters launch individualized apps
Four members of the Kardashian clan, including Kim herself, have launched personalized apps designed to provide the latest window into their much-followed lives
16 September 2015
Instagram images no longer just squares
Instagram broke its square mold with an update that adds portrait and landscape formats to the image-sharing smartphone application.
28 August 2015
Facebook adding virtual assistant to Messenger app
Facebook began testing a Messenger app virtual assistant that the leading social network said goes beyond artificial intelligence programs already on the market.
27 August 2015
Seven Kazakhstani start-up teams to travel to Sillicon Valley in October
Seven start-up projects from Kazakhstan have qualified in the final round of TECHNATION acceleration program for start-up teams from CIS, Europe and Asia.
30 July 2015
Yahoo unveils silent video chat app
Yahoo unveiled a new mobile application allowing users to exchange live video, text and emoticons, without audio.
30 July 2015
New gay family emoji appear on Apple's iOS
Users of the Apple iPhone and iPad got a new palate of emoji on Wednesday, including a group of alternative or gay family illustrations.
09 April 2015
Microsoft buys Office collaborator app LiveLoop
Microsoft said it has purchased the office mobile app LiveLoop, which allows multiple users to collaborate on PowerPoint presentations simultaneously.
28 March 2015
Facebook bets on Messenger app, opens it to developers
Facebook is turning its Messenger application into a platform for e-commerce, video and more in a bid to shake up online communication.
26 March 2015
Facebook rolling out payments to friends in Messenger
Facebook announced it was launching a system to send money to friends for US customers using its Messenger mobile app.
18 March 2015
Twitter takes note of other apps on smartphones
Twitter said it would begin tracking which other applications people have installed on their mobile devices in a bid to better target ads and content.
27 November 2014
Facebook goes retro with 'Rooms' chat app
Facebook released an application that lets people create virtual "rooms" to chat about whatever they wish using any name they would like.
24 October 2014
Twitter looks to weave into more mobile apps
Twitter set out to weave itself into mobile applications with a free "Fabric" platform to help developers build better programs and make more money.
23 October 2014
Microsoft's Skype launches video messaging app
Microsoft-owned Skype unveiled a new app enabling users to send short video messages to stay "connected between calls."
15 October 2014
It's good to talk: app aims to spur voice renaissance
Google employees are hoping an innovative new phone application will trigger a renaissance in an increasingly unfashionable method of human communication: talking.
05 October 2014
Mobile app spyware developer indicted on US charges
The head of a Pakistani company which created an app called StealthGenie allowing users to spy on other people's mobile devices.
30 September 2014
Free voice calls merged into Google Hangouts app
Google began letting people use its Hangouts message application for mobile devices to make free or low-cost voice calls over the Internet.
11 September 2014
People stick with favorites in sea of mobile apps
There may be a growing number of applications for smartphones, but people in the US tend to cling to the few they like and shun the rest.
23 August 2014
Google buys travel guide app startup Jetpac
Google confirmed it has bought the startup behind a Jetpac application that creates travel guides by analyzing pictures from social networks.
19 August 2014
2 applicants per university scholarship in Kazakhstan: Ministry of Education
For the upcoming 2014-2015 school year, there are a little over 2 applicants per a scholarship.
07 August 2014